Pawina Jiramongkolchai, MD

Pawina Jiramongkolchai, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery

Specialties

  • Surgery of the ear and lateral skull base
  • Minimally invasive endoscopic ear surgery
  • Cochlear implants and bone anchored hearing aids
  • Otosclerosis, cholesteatoma, and stapes surgery
  • Tympanic membrane (ear drum) repair
  • Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma)
  • Paragangliomas, temporal bone tumors, and cancers of the ear
  • Tinnitus, vertigo and balance disorders
  • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks
  • Bell’s palsy/facial paralysis

Education

Undergraduate: AB, Chemistry (magna cum laude), Princeton University (2010)

Medical Degree: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2015)

Residency in Otolaryngology: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (2022)

Fellowship: Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery, University of California, San Diego (2024)

Locations

Dr. Jiramongkolchai sees patients at:

Research Interests

  1. Hearing restoration and optimization of cochlear implantation
  2. Use of optical coherence tomography to visualize cochlear anatomy

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Leadership Roles & Honors

  • American Neurotology Society Neurotology Fellow Award- Application of Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography to Visualize Cochlear Microanatomy” (2023)
  • Joseph M. Chole Humanitarian Award (2022)
  • Washington University Department of Otolaryngology Michael Paperella  First Place Award for Best Clinical Research Study-Impact of Olfactory Training on Post-Viral Olfactory Dysfunction” (2019)
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation CORE Resident Research Award ($10,000) – “Olfactory training and functional connectivity in post-viral olfactory loss (2018)
  • American Rhinologic Society CORE Resident Research Award ($10,000) – “Efficacy of Mometasone furoate nasal irrigation for chronic rhinosinusitis” (2018)
  • Washington University Department of Otolaryngology Michael Paperella First Place Award for Best Clinical Research Study- “Mixed Reality Application to Lateral Skull Base Anatomy” (2018)